"I think we played a great game," said Rick Nash, who had an assist to set up Hagelin's goal and scored in the shootout. "There was a little 12-minute stretch there where we kind of sat back, but you've got to give credit to them: They played desperate. They came out hard, and their chances paid off, but we got the two points and that's what we're happy with."

Tuukka Rask made 26 saves for the Bruins, who have three losses this season and two of them are to the Rangers. On Jan. 23, New York beat Boston 4-3 in overtime after blowing a 2-0 lead.

"We kind of dug ourselves a hole of our own doing, but at the same time you have to appreciate that we never gave up," Bruins coach Claude Julien said. "I don't think we're going to get carried away thinking this was a great situation."

The Rangers broke a scoreless tie midway through the first period when Nash stickhandled through two defensemen and slid the puck over to Hagelin, who had an empty half of a net to shoot at. Stepan stole the puck at center ice and snapped a shot past Rask to make it 2-0 in the second.

The Rangers started the third period with a two-goal lead and a two-man advantage. Boston killed off the penalties, but a minute later Stralman floated a seemingly harmless shot toward Rask that got through the goalie's pads and trickled into the net.

Krejci put back a rebound to make it 3-1. Horton scored with 1:31 left in regulation to make it a one-goal game and awaken the sold-out building. Just 48 seconds later, with 43 seconds left in regulation and Rask off for an extra skater, Marchand found the top of the net to tie it.